Best Shadowdancer entry?

[daeran1]

hey,

whats the best entry for the shadowdancer prc, in your opinion, cause I want to play one in an upcoming campaing.

Is it ...
fighter 5
ranger 5
rogue 5
... or somthing else?

Sry if this post has already been made but I couldnt find anything via search.

[Exocrat]

My vote would go to Ninja or Vivisectionist, with maybe a level of fighter to help alleviate the feat tax.

[james maissen]

daeran1 wrote:

hey,

whats the best entry for the shadowdancer prc, in your opinion, cause I want to play one in an upcoming campaing.

Is it ...
fighter 5
ranger 5
rogue 5
... or somthing else?

Sry if this post has already been made but I couldnt find anything via search.

What do you want the character to do?

Rather than focus on parts, think of the whole.

A fighter5/Shadowdancer3 works fairly well, mind you after that I'd go back to fighter. However if I were looking to tank for a party that was not stealthy I wouldn't go shadowdancer at all.

If I wanted a scout I would likely put a level of ranger (trapper) or rogue there to handle traps, etc.

-James

[Reynard_the_fox]

IMO, Shadowdancer benefits Rogue the most - where I play, attacking from stealth gets you a sneak attack, so Hide in Plain Sight is awesome for that. It also gives you a handy dandy flanking companion (the shadow) at third level.

Now, that doesn't necessarily mean the rogue/shadowdancer is the best - just the most synergistic.

[Petrova]

This character is my take on entry into shadowdancer. I don't claim it's the best or optimal or anything, but she's fun. The fetchling race overlaps a bit with some shadowdancer abilities, but doesn't replace them, and the theme is quite tight.